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Warwick Smith

@warwicksmith.bsky.social
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Neo-Robinsonian economist. Castlemaine Institute, Centre for Policy Development & University of Melbourne SSPS. #WellbeingEconomy, climate, social justice, environment, employment. #auspol Djaara Country. Was @RecoEco on X ci.org.au

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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My annual reminder: headlines say a deficit of $31.5b but Treasury actually says there’s a 90% chance of the balance being somewhere between $119.7b deficit and $56.7b surplus. #budget26 "Economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor." William Gilmore Simms
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
1/ 🙏 @jacksonwryan.com for the story For >20 years, Pauline Hanson's shown us who she is by targeting immigrants, Asians, Muslims, Voice to Parliament, Indigenous Australians, native title, Welcome to Country & more It's gutting to read about "scientists keen to converse or snap selfies" with her
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She blinded me with pretence
At what point do selfies with Pauline Hanson at the annual “Science Meets Parliament” dinner legitimise One Nation’s misinformation campaigns?
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New ABS data: on most measures, how Australians experience their lives is getting worse. We've got the information, now we need to tie the information to decision-making and budgeting. Kate Lycett, Georgie Frykberg and I in @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/less-trustin...
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Less trusting, more financially stressed: new data show how Australians feel about their lives
Results from a new national survey show Australians feel worse about many things than they did during COVID. Now governments need to use these data to do better.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Yup theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...
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The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly?
The way we deal with rising inflation is highly problematic.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The RBA deliberately creates #unemployment to control inflation. Then our employment services system treats the jobless as if they caused their own predicament and don't want to work. Unfair and unnecessarily cruel. My latest in @aunz.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...
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The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly?
The way we deal with rising inflation is highly problematic.
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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 19/03/2026
"There is no technically correct way to design a tax system. Like all public policy, getting it “right” depends on our collective values." – @warwicksmith.bsky.social
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Is the capital gains tax discount an act of intergenerational ‘bastardry’?
If we want to avoid becoming a nation where the great divide is between those who own property and those who never will, we should jump at the chance for reform.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My latest at @aunz.theconversation.com the capital gains tax discount. TLDR: our economic system, including tax system, is currently skewed towards those with wealth and power. Reducing the CGT discount won't fix this but it's a step in the right direction. theconversation.com/is-the-capit...
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Is the capital gains tax discount an act of intergenerational ‘bastardry’?
If we want to avoid becoming a nation where the great divide is between those who own property and those who never will, we should jump at the chance for reform.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
There's a good news story on the ABC about how the town of Castlemaine, in northwestern Victoria, formed a member-owned co-op to keep a community hub in community hands: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7t... #auspol #coop #cooperatives #Castlemaine
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Harnessing the people power of co-ops to stave off privatisation | The Business | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Gus @projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2025
Our Community Investment Co-op got a write up from the ABC! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/cast… #cooperatives
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A 'broken' property market spurred hundreds of locals to buy a building
For its passionate members, saving a historic goldrush-era pub to protect their cooperative was about "economic democracy" and keeping the property out of developers' hands.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Instagram story from the ABC on out co-op www.instagram.com/reel/DSOZnTT...
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reddirtroad25.bsky.social @reddirtroad25.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
My article in @aunz.theconversation.com today on the update of #DoughnutEconomics by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and @kateraworth.bsky.social in @nature.com. It's well past time we reoriented the economy to serve people and the environment instead of profit and rent extraction. #WellbeingEconomy.
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‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance - and how we can fix it
A new economic update shows it’s more important than ever to think carefully about what progress means.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We did it. The Castlemaine Community Investment Co-operative borrowed $2m in small loans from 330 community members and bought our first building. We will permanently remove the building from the market to be managed by the community for the community #CommunityWealthBuilding www.castlemaine.coop
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The moment has arrived. The Castlemaine Community Investment Co-operative is now raising capital for this exciting #CommuntyWealthBuilding project. We want to buy The Hub and make it community owned for good. Like a term deposit, we're borrowing money and repaying with interest www.castlemaine.coop
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Castlemaine Community Investment Co-Operative – Community Wealth Building in Central Victoria
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Our #CommunitWealthBuilding #cooperative in Castlemaine is building up to its first capital raise in June. We're looking to borrow money from the community to buy the iconic Hub building in town. More details at castlemaine.coop. www.linkedin.com/posts/jeanet...
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On 1 June we will open our first debenture offer for a beloved building… | Jeanette Pope
On 1 June we will open our first debenture offer for a beloved building 'the Hub' in Castlemaine that is full of environmental/sustainability organisations, small businesses not often availabl...
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A good one from Matt Golding in The Age today.
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Bill Hare @billhare.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Catastrophic bleaching of #Ningaloo reef in WA with fossil fuel driven global warming record sea surface temperatures is absolutely gut wrenching - but no one should be surprised. This has been long predicted by the scientific community. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Large areas of WA’s Ningaloo corals could die in ‘weeks ahead’ after widespread bleaching documented
Conservationists call for urgent government action as prolonged heatwave affects renowned reef, including Turquoise Bay, Tantabiddi and Bundegi
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I'll be speaking on Friday on a great panel at the Community Tax Summit in Melbourne and online. You can still get tickets. The summit has a really impressive lineup of contributors - a real who's who of tax in Australia. Really looking forward to it.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
“Patriotism is an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.” George Jean Nathan #AustraliaDay #InvasionDay
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Great article here from the Midland Express on Mount Alexander Shire Council's work towards a #WellbeingEconomy. Thanks to Katherine Trebeck for coming to our little town of Castlemaine for this screening of Purpose. midlandexpress.com.au/latest-news/...
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Council reimagines the economy | Midland Express
Council changing the way we look at the economy
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Julie Patchouly @juliepatchouly.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Let’s find a new perspective starting with poverty.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The Wellbeing Economy in Brief that Katherine Trebeck and I wrote early last year made APO's 2024 top 10 list for economics publications. Good company to be in with publications from ACOSS, the Productivity Commission, Impact Economics and Policy etc. #WellbeingEconomy apo.org.au/top-10s/econ...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Thinking of these 20 Just Stop Oil protestors spending Christmas in prison - here’s to a brighter future where profits and dividends are not considered more important than the fragility of our living planet #juststopoil
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drumm, colin @drumm-colin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Mimbres School 2025 Courses: SPRING: Slavery and Unfreedom When is Capitalism? Philosophy: Friend or Foe? SUMMER: Domestication Syndrome Anti-Kant FALL: Political Arithmetic Prehistory of Islam Childhood Tuition $250. Registration open soon. See thread for descriptions
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Emily Mayo @emilymayo.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
You actually can though, that’s the whole point.
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Jeroen van den Bergh @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Here is a list of (semi-)economists on BlueSky who work on climate change impacts, adapation, mitigation, strategies, policy, etc. Suggestions for relevant omissions are welcome. go.bsky.app/B8TM2GS
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Jeroen van den Bergh @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Here's a list of people on BlueSky contributing to the debate about economic growth vs environmental sustainability. This includes those writing specifically on growth positions, such as green growth, degrowth and agrowth. The list also covers folks promoting beyond-GDP metrics. go.bsky.app/NKz1ex3
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Albanese told parliament that he want to make sure "children have a childhood and parents have peace of mind"... and so he is raising the rate of govt assistance to ensure children will not live in pover...oh wait, sorry I am being handed a note...
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Looking forward to speaking with Kim Shore and Graham Boyd at this online RSA event tonight at 7pm AEDT. We'll be talking #WellbeingEconomy, regenerative economy and, presumably, ergodicity (come along to find out from Graham what that is). www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-designi...
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Re-designing our system: Building regenerative economies
Join us for “Regenerating our world”, a free online discussion series exploring the transition to a just, sustainable future.
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
My book about Bergson! Reviewed! In the New York Times! What a time to be alive! My book is described as "lively and deft"! 🤓 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...
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Book Review: ‘Herald of a Restless World,’ by Emily Herring (Gift Article)
Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century. A new biography explains what the fuss was about.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
So, disaffection among voters with the current political & economic system is increasing votes for independents & minor parties & the major parties respond by- checks notes - changing electoral laws to make it harder for minor parites & independents to get elected www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Labor and Liberals will get double their public funding if ‘biased’ electoral rules are passed, Climate 200 says
ALP denies reforms rushed into parliament are designed to target Simon Holmes à Court and Clive Palmer
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 23/11/2024
The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...
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Honest Government Ad | 2025 Election
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Michael Tesler @tesler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
And the share of Republicans who say the economy is getting worse is down 30-points since election. today.yougov.com/topics/econo...
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Michael Tesler @tesler.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The share of Republicans who say that they’re worse off financially than they were a year ago is already down 15-points since the election.
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Michael McDonnell @historymatterssyd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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As a Sudanese Australian, it is heartbreaking to see the devastating war in my homeland overlooked | Sara Sinada
The plight of refugees from Sudan may not be dominating the headlines, but it is the largest displacement crisis in the world
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Castlemaine will be hosting a screening of the film Purpose on Friday December 6. There will also be a Q&A with Katherine Trebeck (one of the film's key protagonists), Merryn Tinkler from the Council and me, talking #WellbeingEconomy and all things wholesome. events.humanitix.com/purpose-film...
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Purpose - film screening + Q&A
Purpose - film screening + Q&A
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I've been added to a few starter packs, which means I'm getting a lot of new followers at the moment - too many to easily keep up with. Hello to all of those who I know from Xitter and, to those who are new to me, looking forward to getting to know you through interactions here.
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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
As promised (threatened?), I made a starter pack of heterodox and political economists! You'll see a range of pluralist theories here, as well as some heterodox-friendly economists that may be more mainstream. go.bsky.app/J86RtKh
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
POV: the ENTIRE senate crossbench voting for parliamentary scrutiny of 400 pages of electoral reform that doesn't commence until 2028 Major parties teaming up to oppose & hide from scrutiny their desperate attempt to maintain the duopoly.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
This cartoon by David Horsey haunts me when thinking/reading about #COP29.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Part 2 of Nina Lakhani and Hilary Beaumont's investigation into how the fossil fuel industry helped pass anti-protest laws, create harsher penalties for civil disobedience & deploy resource-sapping strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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‘Fear and intimidation’: how peaceful anti-pipeline protesters were hit with criminal and civil charges
Climate activists opposed to the Mountain Valley pipeline were accused of breaking West Virginia’s new critical infrastructure law
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Ashpolitik @ashpolitik.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Just a reminder, If you criticise a politician for changing their mind, by negatively calling it a backflip, you lose the right to lobby for change. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08...
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Albanese backs down on decision to exclude LGBT question from next census
The prime minister overturns a decision earlier this week to omit a new question on sexuality being added to the national census, after several Labor MPs spoke out against the move.
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
I was on @RNDrive this afternoon talking about the federal government's wellbeing framework, Measuring What Matters and why it's still important, despite the fact that we won't be hearing much about it in #budget2024 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Government's wellbeing framework likely to be absent in Federal Budget - ABC listen
There's no hiding it now, it's definitely budget day and if you haven't already you'll be hearing a lot about housing and cost of living, the scourge of inflation and the magic of a back-to-back surpl...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 26/03/2024
Ok @adammorton.bsky.social says it even more plainly! "Australia’s forest regeneration method is the world’s fifth biggest nature-based offsets program" And it doesn't work Carbon offset schemes are effectively crediting "abatement that is non-existent, non-additional and potentially impermanent”
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Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds
Researchers find carbon offsets approach, which is supposed to regenerate scrubby outback forests, was not reducing emissions as promised
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
Pistachio harvest is good this year. Long term scorecard Gardeners: 1 Cockatoos: 8
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
Our real estate #cooperative in #Castlemaine must be the real deal now - it has t-shirts. castlemaine.coop
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Callam Pickering @callampickering.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
In January: Unemployment rate 4.1% (up from 3.9%) Underemployment rate 6.6% (up from 6.5%) Underutilisation rate 10.7% (up from 10.4%) The labour market is still very tight but a disappoint set of figures
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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
Our local community investment #cooperative is now a legal entity and taking memberships. We're also having a proper launch on March 6 in the Castlemaine Town Hall. Locals can join now at castlemaine.coop/join Below article from the Castlemaine Mail.
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